The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-09-14

The platform accuses the liquor men Of
bribing Legislatures and numbering its oppo-
nents; declaring against licensing aud local
options; insists on the necessity Of third
party; declares that the Democratic party
makes no pretensions in the direction of pro-
hibition, and that the Republican party does
nothing else, and, in conclusion, IL demands
the immediate repeal Of all license laws and
the submission OF a constitutional prohibi-
ton amendment to the people The COM
mittee reported plank demanding the ballot
for women This created the only exciting
episode Of the day, and, after q hot discus
sion, and in order to compromise with the
anti-woman suffragists, the plank was modi-
fed TO the extent that the Legislature should
submit the question of municipal suffrage
10 women
The State Convention Of the Union Labor
and Greenback party of Pennsylvania was
held at Williamsport The platform of the
Union Labor party adopted at Cincinnati in
February last was unanimously adopted, as
was also resolution denouncing the alleged
utter disregard by corporations Of the pro-
visions of the State Constitution Charles s.
Keyser, of Philadelphia, was nominated for
Supreme Court Judge, and II. l. Bunker, of
Hollidaysburg. for State Treasurer
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONER OBERLY has
sent in response to an inquiry from Charles
n. Rowland, Chairman OF the Civil Service
Board Of Examiners at Cincinnati, a commu-
nication embodying the views OF the Commits
sion respecting tho right of postmaster to
remove carriers and clerks, except for causes
named in the civil service law.
THAT every carrier and clerk" the Commits
sion says, lin the Cincinnati Postoffice might
be legally removed for cause is a proposition on
which you need no information 1t is, there
fore concluded that you wish to know whether,
in the opinion OF the Commission. efficient car
iiers and clerks OF good character may be legal
ly removed for partisan reasons-because they
do not agree in politics with the postm aster
The Commission has therefore stated, and now
repeats, that the power OF removal is unre-
stricted. except that Il removal may not be le-
gally made for any one OF the following causes {:
i. Because "A person in the service has refused to
contribute TO a political fund or for a political
purpose. 2. Because a person has refused to
render political service. g. Because person
has refused to permit the appointing officer or
any other person in the civil service to coerce
his political action. For any other cause any
person in the civil service may be removed
legally, and person illegally removed for any
OF the causes named can not, under any pro-
vision OF the civil service act demand restora-
ton. The law fairly construed, they say, is
that entrance to the classified civil
service shall be upon the merit of the
applicant without regard to his political
opinions Affiliations, and that continuance in
the service shall be upon the employees merit,
without regard TO his political opinions or affil
iations. Therefore the appointing officer who
appoints or refuses to appoint an applicant be-
cause the applicant does or does not entertain
certain political opinions violates the law and
an appointing officer who removes an employe
because the employe refuses to render polit-
ical service in accordance with the wishes OF
the appointing officer because he is not polit-
zeal partisan of the appointing officer also vio-
lates the law